Conductor s punch



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B. C. SMITH.

GONDUCTORS PUNCH. No. 313,027. Patentedleb. 24,1885.

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BENJAMIN O. SMITH, OF SALEM, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES G.CRAVFOED, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONDUCTORS PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'3l3,027, dated February24, 1885.

Application filed November 13, 1884.

.To @ZZ whom it may concer/'n.-

Be it known that l, BENJAMIN C. SMITH, of Salem, in the county ot' Essexand State of Massaehusetts,have invented certain Improvements inConductors Punches, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has for its object to prevent passengers onrailroad-trains and other public conveyances from fraudulentlyreinserting in their passage-tickets the cuttings removed therefrom bythe condnctors punch, the tickets being thus made to appear as it' theyhad not been punched.

The invention consists in a conductors punch provided with a receptaclewhich receives the cuttings removed by the punch, and retains them untilthe conductor discharges them, a spring closed end or side beingprovided whereby the receptacle may he emptied, as I will now proceed todescribe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a punch provided with myin'iprovement. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3represents a section on line xm, Fig. 2. Fig. a represents a top view ofthe lower jaw ol the punch. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of thebox or receptacle detached.

The same letters ot' reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, c b represent the jaws of an ordinary conductors punch,the jaw c having the male punching-die a', and the jaw b the femalepunchingdie b.

In carrying out my invention I attach to the lower jaw, b, by means ofscrews s s, or

otherwise,` a box or receptacle, c, arranged to receive the cuttingsthat fall through the die b. The box o is tightly closed, excepting atone end or side, where it is provided with a movable end or side, c', towhich is attached a lever, d, extending backwardly under the jaw b, andpivoted, at c, to a. lug or ear on the bottom of the box. A spring, f,

interposed between said lever and the bottom (No model.)

of the boX, normally holds said lever in the positionshown in Figs. 1and 2, the end c being thus caused to cover the end or mouth of the boxand retain the cuttings therein. When the conductor desires to empty thebox, he presses on the rear end of the lever d, and thus removes themovable end from the mouth ofthe box, when the cuttings may be readilydischarged. This may be done when the conductor is passing from one carto another, the cuttings being thus scattered, so that there will be nopossibility of their being secured by the holders of the tickets fromwhich they were removed.

The box may be readily attached to any punch which it is formed to fit,the punch requiring no adaptation excepting the forming ot' holes forthe screws s s. Vhen the box is in place on the punch, it does notinterfere in the least with thensual operation ofthe punch, the lever dbeing out of t-he way of the operators hand.

I claiml. A conductors punch provided with a box or receptacle forcuttings, a movable end or side for said box, and a spring whereby saidend is normally held against the box, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a conductors punch, ot' a box or receptacle forcuttings provided with a movable end or side having a closing-springandan operating lever 0r handle, as set forth.

3. The cutting box or receptacle formed to be attached to one of thejaws of a punch, and provided with a movable end or side having aclosingspring andan operating-handle, as set forth.

In testimony whereoi` I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribin g witnesses, this 7th day of November,

BENJAMIN C. SMITH. ViTit-nesses:

W. HARVEY MERRILL, B. P. PICKING.

